
Hmarkhawlien (Cachar), July 11 (NNN): Lalthuthlung Hmar, president of Hmar Students’ Association, Barak Valley, Assam said today that the students body strongly condemned the attempted vilification and smear campaign unleashed by several dailies in the backdrop of the unfortunate killing of Babul Rongmei, Chairman, Barak Valley Hill Tribes’ Development Council (BVHTDC).
Three unidentified assailants shot dead Babul Rongmei while he was sitting alone in his drawing room at his Silchar residence around 8 yesterday morning. While one of the assailants was lynched by the public before he could escaped, the other two escaped in their motorbike.
Some daily newspapers in the region reported that the killing of the BVHTDC Chairman Babul Rongmei was a pre-meditated plan so as to shift the blame for the murder of Babul Rongmei on the Hmar tribals. The HSA, Barak Valley stated that the alleged news report is highly objectionable and despicable.
The students’ body also stated that it smells a deep-rooted conspiracy to malign the image of the Hmar people and questioned the dailies that wrongly published the report the source of their baseless reports. Further, the press statement also said that the name of the alleged killer mentioned as Blinkson Hmar is fictitious and fabricated.
Three unidentified assailants shot dead Babul Rongmei while he was sitting alone in his drawing room at his Silchar residence around 8 yesterday morning. While one of the assailants was lynched by the public before he could escaped, the other two escaped in their motorbike.
Some daily newspapers in the region reported that the killing of the BVHTDC Chairman Babul Rongmei was a pre-meditated plan so as to shift the blame for the murder of Babul Rongmei on the Hmar tribals. The HSA, Barak Valley stated that the alleged news report is highly objectionable and despicable.
The students’ body also stated that it smells a deep-rooted conspiracy to malign the image of the Hmar people and questioned the dailies that wrongly published the report the source of their baseless reports. Further, the press statement also said that the name of the alleged killer mentioned as Blinkson Hmar is fictitious and fabricated.